Sentences with phrase «dependent on chemical»

By showing that cancer cells were not autonomous and self perpetuating, as previously believed, but were dependent on chemical signals, such as hormones to grow and survive, and that depriving cancer cells of those signals could restore the health of patients with widespread metastases, Dr. Huggins provided an immense stimulus to research on cancer chemotherapy.

The study shows that embryo transport is dependent on chemical «fine - tuning,» says Vincenzo Di Marzo, a reproductive biologist at the National Institute of Molecular Biology in Naples, Italy.

Such interactions are dependent on chemical bonds between hydrogen atoms.

Scientists have known for decades that working memory (short - term information processing) is dependent on the chemical dopamine.

After a lot of struggling I decided to come off it, and that is when the depression really started because my brain became so dependent on the chemical (seratonin / dopamine) that when I got off the drug then there really was a chemical imbalance.

Our Toxic World I ponder all this one night while sitting on my roof in San Francisco, where I have a great view of the bay and the extraordinary hive of human activity in the city spread out below, much of it dependent on chemicals that have shown up inside me.

Not exact matches

According to the Washington Examiner, a total 11.3 % of Washington D.C. residents over the age of 12 are dependent on alcohol or some other mood - altering chemical.

You could see rural communities emptied, and farms dependent on the unsustainable use of chemicals and fossil fuel.

Worker Exploitation: Mexico has become dependent on the lucrative avocado production, but these low paid workers are being exposed to harmful chemicals - not to mention the criminal extortion and pressure from the cartels!

«Our farmers are dependent on a heavy prescription of genetically modified seeds, fertilizer, chemical herbicides, and pesticides to render a profitable crop,» said Jay McEntire, manager of Glennoe Farms.

«The radical - pair mechanism of magnetoreception is still just a hypothesis, and arguably the best evidence we have for it so far is the effect of time - dependent radiofrequency magnetic fields on the ability of migratory birds to detect the direction of the Earth's magnetic field,» says senior author Peter Hore, an Oxford biophysical chemist specializing in magnetic influences on chemical reactions.

As a result, monoculture farming can be dependent on expensive synthetic chemicals to ward off weeds and diseases.

«The chemistry of cells, unlike more traditional chemistry in test tubes, is highly dependent on where a chemical reaction is occurring,» said Christine Payne, an associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and one of the paper's senior authors.

As Dusan Strmcnik — a co-principal investigator and assistant chemical engineer in the Materials Science division (MSD)-- noted, «Battery performance is highly dependent on the quality of the SEI.

The survival of organic material is really dependent on the particular chemical properties of the soil, so you never know what you will get until you sample.

They become almost totally dependent on the advanced countries for most of their needs, be they chemicals, pharmaceuticals, engineering goods, transportation equipment, or defence equipment.

For coral reefs, the most concerning implication of ocean acidification is its effects on coral growth, coralline algae and rates of chemical erosion of reef substrate, which can have significant impacts on the dependent fish communities.

Society is highly dependent on the production of chemical materials and products to support all aspects of modern life.

Susan Amara, USA - «Regulation of transporter function and trafficking by amphetamines, Structure - function relationships in excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs), Modulation of dopamine transporters (DAT) by GPCRs, Genetics and functional analyses of human trace amine receptors» Tom I. Bonner, USA (Past Core Member)- Genomics, G protein coupled receptors Michel Bouvier, Canada - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - Coupled Receptors; Molecular mechanisms controlling the selectivity and efficacy of GPCR signalling Thomas Burris, USA - Nuclear Receptor Pharmacology and Drug Discovery William A. Catterall, USA (Past Core Member)- The Molecular Basis of Electrical Excitability Steven Charlton, UK - Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Moses Chao, USA - Mechanisms of Neurotophin Receptor Signaling Mark Coles, UK - Cellular differentiation, human embryonic stem cells, stromal cells, haematopoietic stem cells, organogenesis, lymphoid microenvironments, develomental immunology Steven L. Colletti, USA Graham L Collingridge, UK Philippe Delerive, France - Metabolic Research (diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver, cardio - vascular diseases, nuclear hormone receptor, GPCRs, kinases) Sir Colin T. Dollery, UK (Founder and Past Core Member) Richard M. Eglen, UK Stephen M. Foord, UK David Gloriam, Denmark - GPCRs, databases, computational drug design, orphan recetpors Gillian Gray, UK Debbie Hay, New Zealand - G protein - coupled receptors, peptide receptors, CGRP, Amylin, Adrenomedullin, Migraine, Diabetes / obesity Allyn C. Howlett, USA Franz Hofmann, Germany - Voltage dependent calcium channels and the positive inotropic effect of beta adrenergic stimulation; cardiovascular function of cGMP protein kinase Yu Huang, Hong Kong - Endothelial and Metabolic Dysfunction, and Novel Biomarkers in Diabetes, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Estrogen Deficiency, Endothelium - derived Contracting Factors in the Regulation of Vascular Tone, Adipose Tissue Regulation of Vascular Function in Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension, Pharmacological Characterization of New Anti-diabetic and Anti-hypertensive Drugs, Hypotensive and antioxidant Actions of Biologically Active Components of Traditional Chinese Herbs and Natural Plants including Polypehnols and Ginsenosides Adriaan P. IJzerman, The Netherlands - G protein - coupled receptors; allosteric modulation; binding kinetics Michael F Jarvis, USA - Purines and Purinergic Receptors and Voltage-gated ion channel (sodium and calcium) pharmacology Pain mechanisms Research Reproducibility Bong - Kiun Kaang, Korea - G protein - coupled receptors; Glutamate receptors; Neuropsychiatric disorders Eamonn Kelly, Prof, UK - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - coupled receptors, in particular opioid receptors, regulation of GPCRs by kinasis and arrestins Terry Kenakin, USA - Drug receptor pharmacodynamics, receptor theory Janos Kiss, Hungary - Neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's disease Stefan Knapp, Germany - Rational design of highly selective inhibitors (so call chemical probes) targeting protein kinases as well as protein interaction inhibitors of the bromodomain family Andrew Knight, UK Chris Langmead, Australia - Drug discovery, GPCRs, neuroscience and analytical pharmacology Vincent Laudet, France (Past Core Member)- Evolution of the Nuclear Receptor / Ligand couple Margaret R. MacLean, UK - Serotonin, endothelin, estrogen, microRNAs and pulmonary hyperten Neil Marrion, UK - Calcium - activated potassium channels, neuronal excitability Fiona Marshall, UK - GPCR molecular pharmacology, structure and drug discovery Alistair Mathie, UK - Ion channel structure, function and regulation, pain and the nervous system Ian McGrath, UK - Adrenoceptors; autonomic transmission; vascular pharmacology Graeme Milligan, UK - Structure, function and regulation of G protein - coupled receptors Richard Neubig, USA (Past Core Member)- G protein signaling; academic drug discovery Stefan Offermanns, Germany - G protein - coupled receptors, vascular / metabolic signaling Richard Olsen, USA - Structure and function of GABA - A receptors; mode of action of GABAergic drugs including general anesthetics and ethanol Jean - Philippe Pin, France (Past Core Member)- GPCR - mGLuR - GABAB - structure function relationship - pharmacology - biophysics Helgi Schiöth, Sweden David Searls, USA - Bioinformatics Graeme Semple, USA - GPCR Medicinal Chemistry Patrick M. Sexton, Australia - G protein - coupled receptors Roland Staal, USA - Microglia and neuroinflammation in neuropathic pain and neurological disorders Bart Staels, France - Nuclear receptor signaling in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases Katerina Tiligada, Greece - Immunopharmacology, histamine, histamine receptors, hypersensitivity, drug allergy, inflammation Georg Terstappen, Germany - Drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases with a focus on AD Mary Vore, USA - Activity and regulation of expression and function of the ATP - binding cassette (ABC) transporters

When using rosemary, you may come across different chemotypes, which simply means that the oil has a unique chemical composition dependent on the environment in which the plant was grown.

According to Bianchi, agave «nectar» and HFCS «are indeed made the same way, using a highly chemical process dependent on genetically modified enzymes».

I mean yerba mate tea and consumed over a long period of time, this is another point I'd encourage people to think about, is a substance or a chemical is a highly... The effect of a chemical is highly dependent on its means of administration, right?

The truth is, the chemical industry is so vast, and the food industry, including so many big and small businesses are so dependent on using chemicals in food, that the government is powerless to stop the use of harmful chemicals in what we eat.

«Our metabolism is dependent on enzymes that facilitate chemical reactions in our bodies and these enzymes are made of proteins,» explains Fahad.

This component of cardiorespiratory fitness is dependent on too many factors, both chemical and structural, to address in this article.

The P450 enzyme in the liver that detoxifies these chemicals is DEPENDENT on our nutritional status.

Nonetheless, that is a life completely dependent on medication — daily doses of powerful chemicals to keep the virus at bay, and with which they'll never quite be at 100 % health.

Whether it's a «tough love» beekeepers» focus on survivor genes, or a renewed interest in top - bar hives, Warré hives and other beekeeping alternatives, there are plenty of folks out there who believe that the industrialized, chemical - dependent model of large - scale beekeeping is part of the problem when it comes to Colony Collapse Disorder, pests, and all the other challenges facing beekeepers these days.

Acidification particularly threatens species dependent on calcium carbonate (a chemical compound that drops as the ocean acidifies) such as coral reefs, marine mollusks, and even some plankton.

We can probably estimate its magnitude with pretty narrow error bars, given that it is a straight chemical / physical process dependent in a simple way on substrate, temperature and so on.

Recovery Resources The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services published in its Behavioral Health Barometer (United States, 2015) report that in 2014, an estimated 24.1 million people aged 12 or older were dependent on or abused chemical substances in the United States.